Floor mop



` ,1,485,482 c. A. CHANNELL FLOOR MOP original Filed Aug. 9. 1917 mM-@MI IN VEN TOR BY 7 W i ATTORv vEYAS l Patented Mer. 4, 1924.

CHARLES A. CHANNELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CHANNELLCHEIJICAL COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. Y

FLOOR MOP.

Original application illed August 9, 1917, Serial No. 185,235. VDividedand this application filed November To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that, I, CHARLES A. CHAN- NELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois,whose post-oiice address is vChannel Chemical Company, 4501 So. WesternBoulevard, Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Floor Mops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to loor mops, the subject matter of this inventionhaving been originally set forth in my previous application, Serial No.185,235, filed August 9th, 1917, of which this application is adivision.

One of the objects of my invention is to reduce the number of partsentering into the make-up of an article of this character and theproduction of such an article with a minimum amount of labor andmaterial; another object of my invention is such an arrangement as willpermit of all the parts being stamped from sheet metal ready forassembly thus reducing the amount of hand labor. In this specificationand the drawings I show my novel devices in their preferred form, but itshould be understood that I do not limit my invention'to the form shown.Further advantages of my invention will be more clearly understood byreferences to the following description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings in which- Y Fig. 1 is a plan view of the mop.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a detail showing a step in the assembly of the parts.

The com lete article comprises a mop 1 having a inding 2. This binding 2is placed around and suitably held against the metal head 3. The head 3comprises a top plate 4 having an upstanding flange 5 extendingtherearound and a lower plate 6 having projections 7 extending aroundthe outer surface thereof. These two plates are held together by metal 8which is punched out of the top plate 4 and which is extended through anopening in the plate 6 and which is thereafter riveted in place. It willtherefore be seen that the metal punched out to form the openings 9 isused as a rivet to hold the top and bottom plates together.

The device is provided with a handle Serial No. 516,553.

l1 which is bent around a pin 12 located bev tween up-set portions 13onV the top plate and an ott-set portion 14 of the lower plate. Thehandle socket extends through an opening in the upper plate. The metalof the plate 4 is struck up just in front of the handle socket at 18 soas to form a positive stop for the handle socket. This stop is formed bya merebending out of the metal and not by rupturing itat any point, thusforming a very strong and durable stop.

The band 2 of the at 15. Y

' The mode of assembly is as follows :-The plate 4 is formed as shown inFig. 2, except the metal 8 stands straight'down as shown in dottedlines. The plate 6 is formed as shown in Fig. 4, that is, with theprojections 7 extending substantially vertically. The pin 12 is placedin its proper place with the handle socket 10 therearound,'and the twoplates 4 and 6 are Yplaced together with the metal 8 extending throughthe openings in the bottom plate and they are then riveted mop 1 issewed together together. The mop V1 is then placed in po-V sition aroundthe tions 7 are moved Figs. 2 and 3 so as to hold the mop securely inplace. The band 2 of the mop 1 is so arranged that it extends a shortdistance above the top of the iiange 5 of the top plate 4. The handlesocket 10 is so arranged that it is adjustable around the pin 12 so thatthe device may be used in the well known manner.

The portion of the handle socket in which the handle is inserted islocked by a dove'- tail projection 16 and is also provided withscrew-threads 17 for the reception of a screw-threaded' handle.

flange 5 andthe projecoutwardly as shown in' From the foregoing, it willbe apparent Y claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is Yl. In a mep head comprising an upper plate having means against whichthe mop fabric nan normally be held, a lower plate provided with adownwardly and outwardly projecting flange to hold the mop against theupper plate, a movable handleesocket mounted on said head by means of apivot pin held between said plates and around which a portion of thesocket is bent.

2. In a mop head comprising an upper plate having a flange against whichthe mop fabric can normally be held and a lower plate provided with a`downwardly and outextending through said upper plate and an `upturnedintegral portion of said upper` plate acting as a stop to limit themovement of said handle socket around said pivot in one direction.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this speciication.

CHARLES A. CHANNELL.

